The War that Changed the English Language - Mini-Wars #3

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[Robloxian Gaming]

Fun fact: The 1066 battle was actually fought in Battle, England; so it would’ve really been the Battle of Battle

[BarneytheThug]

@Sailor line Co. says who

[Sailor line Co.]

No one cares

[Steven Balcomb Jr]

​@Toxsicle so a battle for the sake of battle

[Steven Balcomb Jr]

A battle for the sake of battle

[BarneytheThug]

​@Toxsicle ???

[Vozz]

This makes history exciting. They should use this in schools

[Jessica Hay]

​@chad chadson I think it'd be pretty great for elementary or maybe Middle School at least as an introduction to the history

[Mijan Hoque]

For real, my younger siblings simply don’t care about history but watched this at school and hugely enjoyed it. It’s actually great they’re learning about history in a fun informative way which teaches them about the ancient world.

[Charles Leclerc fan_16]

At my school they do

[MADGAMERFAST]

AGREED

[KvnDWr]

The language portion of the video was brilliantly executed

[Lieded]

Don’t look down Also this is good The Waffle House has found its new host.

[Megaman]

Sagu sw¯æslic

[Samurai]

the video was brilliantly executed

[XApplesX]

OHHHH

[Gunk]

@Aaron Marks ok

[Nikolaos Boukouvalas]

In Greece we are mostly taught about Hardrada as a famous member of the Byzantine emperor's Varangian guard, who later went on to become a Norse king. Learning that he was killed in Stanford bridge is strangely like being informed that an old friend has died. Kind of wanted him to have had a better ending.

[Connor Briffa]

While it's natural to wish that historical figures could have had better endings, it's also important to recognize the realities of the time periods in which they lived. The Viking Age was marked by frequent conflict and violent clashes, and it's likely that Hardrada himself participated in many battles and suffered losses along the way.

[Grim Noob]

Well, he died as a warrior, and in Norway he left behind him a stabile and relatively centralized(his nickname "Hardrada" mean "hard rule") country for his succesors.

[me me]

@Former Government Human #4937 he was

[Marius Tan]

Don't worry. He probably went to Valhalla for holding the line singlehandedly.

[Late]

When I used to do history in school, my school had a hill, so for one history lesson we got to go outside and recreate this scene, we got foam swords, and little foam arrows to throw up the hill, obviously the hill team won. I played the cavalry so I just got a little foam spear and just kept jabbing people with it on the hill.

[Beethoven lad]

It was Over Ground team We have the High ground You underestimate our Foam spear Don't Charge us Yeet!

[Anangelina Alatorre]

@Kiwi on the Internet wait did u guys use nerf guns?

[Blueberry Minion]

@HoodzI'm still alive ____ I'm prepared to find you and finish the war

[Lane]

wow

[Molo Molier]

Lame in my school we use real guns

[T7MF]

Fun fact: 1:12 The son actually became infamous in history for one reason. Once, when he was battling some vikings, he noticed their ship had crashed and they couldn’t form proper battle lines, and so he decided to be honorable and not attack so that they could form battle lines and regain their strength, after they regained their strength, they said “Hey, thanks man!” and proceeded to slaughter the kings entire army. The end.

[kakyoin donut321]

"understandable, have a nice day"

[Silent Otaku]

If you look hard enough you can find all kinds of funny stories of interactions Europeans had with the Vikings. Lmao.

[Grandayy]

this was honestly really good

[FedEX Matthew]

The first time you were able and I didn’t have a chance

[Artyyyyyy]

Wow

[Complex2Live]

Meme

[FireBlade Mapping (EMC)]

@FalklandCountryBall You're welcome !

[FalklandCountryBall]

@FireBlade Mapping (EMC) oh thanks

[Herbivore The Carnivore]

"Just one problem: The wind. It was blowing the wrong way. So they waited. And waited. And William said 'screw it' and got shipwrecked because the wind was blowing the wrong way" the composition on this joke was fucking godly

[Richard Jenkins]

Bro it is just called battle because there was a great battle there

[Hriscu Bogdan]

@Richard Weatherfield Well idk because I'm entitled to an opinion? I didn't say I'll stop watching Oversimplified, I said I don't like how his humour evolved over time.

[Richard Weatherfield]

@Hriscu Bogdan so why are you complaining?

[Hriscu Bogdan]

@Richard Weatherfield Yes because I've been watching him for over 2 years now.

[Richard Weatherfield]

@Hriscu Bogdan And yet you're here watching the video...

[susmanuel]

"The Problem with becoming king in the middle ages was that your country wouldn't support you at first." Every Crusader Kings player: "I felt that"

[Demyx H]

too real😮‍💨

[default01]

always have some infidels in the dungeons, execute everyone for dread

[Samson]

always go for diplomacy focus

[Sam the Eagle Scout]

It is worse when you rule the HRE or Byzantines.

[Sand K]

Max intrigue and get hook to every bastard made

[L Parry]

This story serves as a stark reminder for Britain, to never let a foreign army step foot on the mainland. There's a reason why the only nations to ever fight England on their soil after this were neighbouring Wales and Scotland.

[wistals3deniks]

The Netherlands won two wars fighting on British soil against Brits.

[Daemon Targaryen]

@In hoc signo vinces ! yeah they were kicked off each time.

[Whoami691]

@sandy but lowercase LOL, lets assume half the invasion force is not destroyed by the undetectable astute subs, do you even undertsand how much logistical planning is involved in a trans continental invasion? America would become the new russia.

[Selkie]

Didnt some william dude invade england i forget his name but he was dutch royalty i think

[Sergio & Anahi Alcantara]

@Electroskates243 take it over, duh. I’m not saying now but in the future we just might 🤷🏻‍♂️

[TJB]

I live in Hastings. The battle didn't even happen here. It happened around the corner in the place around the corner appropriately named Battle. We don't seem to care.

[Leonidas Tullius]

It was called the battle of Hastings because that was the nearest town .

[Robert Wilson]

back in the day the nearest place was Hastings

[Madara Uchiha]

The battle of battle happened at the battle of England and it's the greatest battle of the century and Normandy won the battle of battle of England

[Senpai]

I live here in E/Sussex and I care. What's your deal, child? Battle was named in 1071 to commemorate the war and Battle Abbey erected. Pay better attention in class

[Derek Williams]

I had a 4th or 5th grade English teacher who asked us at the beginning of the year…”What was significant about 1066.” We all answered when she asked at the end of the year, “The battle of Hastings!” Didn’t ever get an explanation. 25 years later…..

[Die Die]

@SusFigure why did you correct him? There’s no need to correct it.

[SusFigure]

30*

[TierZoo]

These videos are amazing

[Brenda Thomas]

Good job tierzoo

[Irish V1nce]

@Vicas agreed

[UK ron]

Wth tierzoo?

[A Goblin Tripping On Horror Dust]

@Vicas stop being rude, even content creators watch other channels sometimes. They're allowed to do that, ya know. Also TierZoo doesn't animate. They overlay sprites on existing footage to create immersive edits that make the world really seem like a video game. Show some respect.

[MrLeaf]

When did you like history?

[Cum]

An interesting fact is that a few years after the big fight and the Norman conquest of England the pope ordered William to do something nice because of all the people that he had killed. So, in the town of battle, on the very hill that the big fight took place, William constructed battle abbey, a memorial to the big fight. At the top of the hill which the big fight was fought, there used to be an altar, but now a stone, marking the place that Harold oofed. The church and monastery no longer stand because of big Henry the six wives dissolution of the monasteries but the abbots quarter were turned into a country house and are now an extremely posh private school.

[Ribhu Hooja]

@Connor Briffa This comment reads like it was written by ChatGPT...

[Connor Briffa]

The fact that the pope ordered William to do something "nice" as a form of penance after the conquest of England is a testament to the severity of the violence that occurred during the conflict. The construction of Battle Abbey on the site of the battle is an interesting way of commemorating the event and the lives that were lost. The fact that a stone now marks the place where Harold fell is a poignant reminder of the human cost of the conflict. It's also interesting to note the fate of the church and monastery over time, and how they were impacted by historical events like the dissolution of the monasteries. The fact that the abbot's quarters were turned into a country house and are now a private school is a reflection of the changing fortunes and uses of historical buildings over time.

[idk whatijustposted]

@Senpai omg this comment is peak british humor lol

[Senpai]

My sister got married at Battle Abbey on the hottest day of that Summer, and we were all torched and lay like blistered corpses across the hill. We're a saxon hetitage family who remain in the area, so it was a beautiful reenactment.

[Temulon]

I recently bought "Age of Empires IV" and the battle of Hastings was included. It was narrated and even showed you, you are playing William, Duke of Normandy, step by step how to beat Godwinson's forces. I must have played that scenario a dozen times and always had my ass handed to me. It was embarrassing.

[photozack81]

@AuroraFlos I'm not sure if it's possible to lose that fight in medieval 2 total war. I've tried. Somehow I still win, even when doing the most inept things I can think of.

[AuroraFlos]

Same for Medieval 2: Total War. I did not get my ass handed to me, however, haha.

[Sathreyn]

A cool story from the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and moment of historical badassery: Apparently, before the battle, a lone English rider approached the Norwegian host and found Harald Hardrada, who was accompanied by Tostig Godwinson. Tostig was Harold Godwinson's brother, but had been stripped of his titles and exiled, so joined Harald Hardrada to get some revenge and his land back. This lone rider spoke to them and offered Tostig his land back if he turned on Harald and sided with the English. Tostig asked what Harold Godwinson would offer Harald Hardrada for his trouble, and the rider responded "Six feet of ground, or as much more as he needs, as he is taller than most men." The rider then turned and left. Harald Hardrada, impressed by the boldness of this lone rider willing to stand before the entire Norwegian host and threaten their king, asked Tostig if he knew who he was - Tostig said yes, and that lone rider was none other than Harold Godwinson himself. The tale may be apocryphal; it's recorded in written accounts, but they were all written by people who lived long after the battle. If true though, damn; Harold Godwinson was himself every bit as badass as the great warriors he was arrayed against.

[Connor Briffa]

It's amazing to think that someone like Harold Godwinson could have been so fearless and determined, and that he may have been instrumental in turning the tide of the battle.

[Keith Garvey]

I like how they show Edward the Martyr being born second, yet being the older one some how.

[ferretyluv]

Edward the Confessor. Martyrs die, confessors don’t.

[Martin Gray]

@Kanyu Eat Yeah that's wrong. They knew both of their ages, Edward was just 4 years older. Oversimplified just showed Edward being born second for some confusing reason.

[Mackenzie Woloschuk]

@Kanyu Eat So the two were pretty much twins and people just assumed the bigger of the two was the older one.

[Kanyu Eat]

@Pelican people probably didn't know when he was born so they assumed he was older (probably was bigger and etc) so he got "assasinated"

[Pelican]

im still trying to figure out if the fact he died because he was "oldest" is historically accurate or if he was born second and died for another reason is historically accurate. too lazy to search it up, obviously, but im glad somebody else noticed the humor in subtlety.

[Adam Pescosolido]

RIP Harald Hadrada. Dude lost, but he still went down in history and is remembered almost 1000 years later. He became the legend he set out to be.

[Ryan]

Ironic how the man whose father gave someone a red hot poker in the eyes took a stone cold arrow in the eyes

[Just a normal guy]

Generational revenge

[OOFER BOOMER]

So basicaly. One arrow poked both his eyes?

[Maurice Davis]

Ironic pretty much says it all!!!🙏👍👻

[NavadaSmiles]

Lol

[Gay Chainsaw]

@8-bit Sarda yeah, then he wouldn't have to become a Guard in whiter- london.

[Joshua Patrick]

It’s crazy how this reads like a chapter of the Silmarillion complete with some legendary hero taking an arrow to the eye..Tolkien really was a master of English history/literature..

[Eclipse]

@Esar moh but it's not an insult tho lol

[Esar moh]

@Eclipse nothing that is an insult to tolkien's work can be considered above a 4.

[Eclipse]

@Esar moh smh yall are so close minded its a solid 6.5/10 show

[Esar moh]

@Eclipse no, it's worse.

[Eclipse]

@jeremiah ardales rings of power ain't even that bad

[Noah Praet]

I've been watching this channel for a long time. But just recently my history teacher recommended we watch this video. And I just wanna say thank you for being such a great youtuber and educator.

[Cherisa Davis]

I literally can not stop laughing at "red hot poker in the eye" and the animation for William the Bast-er-Conquerer burning down the villages. And then the angry expressions and "unboinked".

[celkat]

6:33 The pope counting his phat stacks just kills me every time

[AndrewNotAndy]

​@Jose Mourinhotrue lmao

[Jose Mourinho]

and he’s using U$D 1000 years before USA lol

[I don’t care]

Fun fact: Despite the British monarchies being descendants of William the Conqueror, they are also descendants of the Anglo-Saxon king, Alfred the Great. Henry II’s great grandmother was an English noblewoman who was a descendent of Athereled the Unready.

[Gaiaphage]

the epithet "unready" isn't derived from the modern word but its actually a pun the name Aethelred roughly translates to "well advised" and the old english word "Unraed" roughly translates to "poorly advised" So Aethelred the Unready basically means "Well Advised the Poorly Advised"

[NoHaxJustBad12]

why was he the unready?

[Heat Feurig]

Fun fact: the actual battle was at a town called “battle” NEAR Hastings but no one wanted to call it “Battle of Battle” so they just called it Battle of Hastings.

[Rukmini Krishna]

It was probably how the word Battle started

[Ian Jackson]

Haha

[Kara Wisdom]

The village of battle wasn't there when the battle of Hastings took place, it was developed around battle Abbey which was built by the Normans to commemorate the battle of Hastings

[Enzo's Randoms]

lol

[Shane Schofield]

Shrewsbury Castle, a strategically positioned fort above a River Severn meander, was commissioned by William the Conquorer around 1070 CE. Still stands today and looks rather great actually. Kind of mind boggling how long ago this was.

[Lucie Simpson]

Okay, that just made me giggle! William, observing the completion of his castle with a village burning dramatically in the background. "Looks rather great, actually."

[Mehul Biala]

“When people don’t listen to you, burn down some villages.” -Sun Tzu

[Samson]

@Flair how tf have you not heard of me - Sun Tzu

[Margarita Peggy Schuyler Van Rensselaer]

@Eselcool hello

[Eselcool]

@Margarita Peggy Schuyler Van Rensselaer hey peggy

[Pelican]

nobody in the replies is mentioning the ironic joke lol no one listens to Sun Tzu in the quote and so therefore have no idea what he's said or not said which is the humor behind the fact that the quote is wrong. it's because nobody listens to him. which is mentioned in the quote. it comes back full circle.

[Kage naru mono]

LOL

[Will]

this is great! I always wondered about these things. I knew English was a mish mash of languages from different conquerors, but I love how you gave so many specific examples.

[MontyYouTube]

Another reason Godwinson lost was due to his soldiers being untrained and were mostly farmers since they lost soldiers in York. Also King Edward was known as Edward the confessor.

[Simon D.]

I'm actually srtudying for my final exam on the history of the English language. I LOVE your video!

[Van Lam Pham]

He rickrolled us in the start of the video lol

[Aayla Secura]

How do you strudy, what's the definition of that word?

[Winston Churchill]

You need to study harder.

[BecauseYesisNotAWord]

Lmao

[Duxpa]

Hope you passed it considering you didn’t even spell “studying” right.

[Jayden Greenberg]

An Anglo-Saxon would have a talk. A norman would have a conversation.

[The Sontarin]

@Louis G egg=ouef

[Kuk i fitte]

@Kallenie consume is of norman/french origin

[Kallenie]

"An Anglo-Saxon would eat. A norman would consume." Edit: I'm mostly guessing "consume" was already Anglo-Saxon, but with wrong spelling compared to norman spelling.

[golden vrpca]

@Coretta Maame Panyin Jonah Natürlich

[DevyPH]

i like how the doctor just calmly says: "Hey your dying of dysentery" like nothing happened

[DevyPH]

@Mike Spearwood yeah

[Mike Spearwood]

Probably unfortunately common back then.

[Rosh Dsouza]

People mentioned in this video: 0:33 Rollo the Viking 0:37 Charles the Simple 1:00 Eadwig the All-Fair 1:01 Edgar the Peaceful 1:03 Ælfthryth 1:04 Æthlred the Unready 1:06 Wulfthryth of Wilton 1:10 Edward the Martyr 1:14 Emma of Normandy 1:15 Edward the Confessor 1:16 Alfred Ætheling 1:16 Goda of England 1:28 Sweyn Forkbread 1:46 Godwin of Wessex 1:57 Cnut the Great 1:58 Canute III 2:36 Edith of Wessex 2:39 Harold Godwinson 2:39 Tostig Godwinson 2:39 Gyrth Godwinson 2:49 Grufudd ap Llwelyn 3:06 Edgar Ætheling 3:16 William the Bastard 3:20 Robert the Magnificent 3:24 Fulbert of Falaise 3:35 Herleva of Falaise 4:29 Harald III of Norway 6:36 Anselm of Baggio

[Alice Ahern]

This really helped me in my history test. Thank you!!! 😀😀😀

[mtkr741]

@AsusDinosaur I study hard and then I use these videos to summarise and help me remember through the jokes I get good results

[꧁𓅂ΣᄃᄂIPƧΣ_ПΛƬЦЯΣ 𖤍꧂]

@Metsfan 223 bros the nerd police

[Metsfan 223]

@AsusDinosaurbro is the study police

[AsusDinosaur]

Wow you seriously used a video instead of studying? I mean it’s fine it just doesn’t feel right hmmmm….

[Jovanna the Bonana]

9:54 Village: Hooray for William! William: *and I took that personally-*

[A-Sync Research Institute Foundation 1983-Now KV31]

Lmao

[Valentina D'Annunzio]

Omg I laughed so much watching this I can't believe it could have been so funny learning history ahah thank you so much (also if yes, I had to rewatch every few seconds 2-3 times... because it goes so quick and with so many informations!) I love studying like this, thank you really!!!!!

[The Hellwalker]

Just imagine if things had gone slightly different, the English language would’ve been completely different

[Thomas]

Hwaet?

[schmoborama]

yea funny how if things were different, they’d be… different 😜

[suzbone]

@Blarb Kanopcious Neanderthals were the first to populate the region back when it was still connected to the mainland, followed by successive waves of stone age humans. The Histocrat has a great vid about it titled "A History of Britain- the Humans Arrive (1 million BC - 8000 BC)"

[Jerick ALBERCA]

@DJTech KRANKENHAAUUZ

[PixalonGC]

gane*, campletely*

[OR56]

I learned this story by playing the game 1066, it was great. And educational

[Christine DU]

Françaises, Français, mes chers compatriotes, remercions Guillaume de nous avoir involontairement simplifié l'apprentissage de la langue anglaise :-) Thanks him, when we have not the right word in mind, we can drop the french one. Franchement, merci Guillaume !!

[Leon LeBorgne]

Being familiar with the history of England, made this more enjoyable. Most excellent presentation.

[Stephanie Paul]

I absolute love these videos. I show them to my students and we chuckle for half an hour.

[Max Silvernail]

noice

[Sus]

They need to make a series on William seriously. It could be the next game of thrones.

[toast]

Can we just acknowledge how brilliant this guy is

[Gary ngaihte]

How did he knows all of this?

[thibaut pey]

.

[-SourLemons-]

Yes

[angel cortes]

Absolutely 💯

[MIKAH]

i wouldn't want to like this comment because it has 666 likes.

[Nikhil Rath]

This guy makes the best videos for history, keep up the good work

[wildboy]

this video is so good and fun to watch at the same time. thank you OverSimplified

[Mark Gallagher]

The amount of times the weather has bailed England out of certain death is staggering

[secretsquirrel]

I just love the King of Norway 🇳🇴 “fight scenes”. It’s not only the perfect sword fighting sound effect/s, it’s those little additions, those little lines at the end of each sword ⚔️ that implies movement - and in this case manic sword fighting movement. So good. Man, it’s awesome. I’m so glad that you shared all of your hard work, thanks, much appreciated as always 🙂🐿 P.S in fact, all the sound work in this is awesome - you even added a little sound when putting the crown on Hardrada. And dude, you even gave William a little Norman hair “style”! So funny.

[Maenad]

I know this is “over simplified” but I really want read a full historical fiction novel about this one. William the conqueror is an interesting dude

[cuteoswag]

English village: exists William: “And I took that personally”

[Creeper Deepa]

true meme about my ancestor i guess

[David Dura]

So true

[Jayden L234]

big yesnt

[Randomness Rules]

It even works without "personally".

[Orin B]

Litterally

[Mini Mahoon]

We are learning about this in school and this made it way more fun and it actually kind of helped. Keep up the work!

[Ward Huyskes]

7:14 I've heard that he didn't run out of food per se but that his men needed to return home to harvest summer wheat. If they didn't go home then the crop would be lost.

[Lucie Simpson]

It's to do with how the Anglo-Saxon armies were formed. There were housecarls, who were the professional soldier retainers of the thegns, themselves noble soldier retainers of the king, but Harold's armies were mostly bulked out by the fyrd. These weren't unlike citizens doing mandatory military service for their local Shire, except they were expected to provide their own arms and provisions for a short skirmish, then go home to the fields, not wait around during harvest time past the period they were (maybe) being paid for.

[Vir]

Yeah I’ve read the same thing somewhere

[Jan's Mix]

Harald Hardrada deserves more credit in general. A very interesting historical figure.

[AnTube]

Hey OverSimplified! I know you touched on this in the video, but could you do a video about the 9th century viking invasions in England? There was a lot going on so I think that it be great if you could, ya know, OverSimplify it! Thanks!

[KeppyKep]

I highly recommend you check out History Matters' 10-minute English History series

[Lane]

We watched this in our history lesson. I am proud of my teacher

[Just The TestPatterner]

*This enraged people who fail spelling tests, who punished the Normans severely*

[Anas Saahir Huq]

You know most of the words in your sentence were added to English by the Normans, so without them your sentence would not make any sense in English.

[Deleetius Productions]

@Neriah Osborne I meant "There's a tax for that"

[Neriah Osborne]

@Deleetius Productions it was the Hitler one when OverSimplified kept saying “This enraged his father, who punished him severely”

[Deleetius Productions]

@Mawipuii Fanai Uh, yes, that too.

[Mawipuii Fanai]

@Deleetius Productions i thought it was the French Revolution

[Kryptek]

Learned about this in one of my Criminal Justice classes and how it drastically changed the old CJ system and gave us the one we have today in America, closely modeled after the one established in Britain

[DarthSironos]

Good old feigned retreat. Possibly the most clever of all tactics. Exploits the propensity of regiments to break rank to chase fleeing enemies by suddenly forming up and cutting the chasers to pieces. Requires a lot of coordination and discipline.

[Cassie M]

School would be more fun if classes were perfectly executed and lectured like this video . 😂👏🏽🔥

[hotdog_man1234]

Fun Fact: The battle of Hastings actually took place in a city named Battle so the name was supposed to be The Battle of Battle but historians didn’t like the name so they named it from a nearby city from Battle which is Hastings

[Wolfz]

I learned about this in class in 1 month. With Oversimplified, I learnt everything I need to know in ~13 minutes.

[A_Channel]

“Just one problem: the wind.” Yes, Britain does seem to historically have a lot of weather-related problems.

[YTIs FullOfFreaks]

Too bad it was France suffering at the time in question O.o Irrelevant comment...

[Elena :D]

I like to believe this comment is what sparked the massive storm in England

[Batnode]

Yep we do and I’m currently in a massive storm

[A Dissenting Opinion]

Don't forget about Caesar's naval chicanery, it was stupid bad for the Cesarian Romans.

[BlueCassio]

Normandy has, on two occasions, been involved in major European invasions that were delayed by weather on the english channel.

[sans_h W]

Thanks Guillaume (William) for making English so French, that’s way easier to learn for us now

[Cal Thompson]

Another great video. I was wandering if one of your next videos could be about the Scottish wars of independence.

[Holy Family Crusader]

St. Edward the Confessor took a vow of chastity early in his life, and thus he only married to please his constituents and so long as the woman agreed that they would practically live as siblings. The only war he was involved in was to help put down a rebellion that tried to unlawfully depose another king. Ora pro nobis!

[Cole Williams]

I love this channel so much I always learn such great history

[The Hallway of History]

A great synopsis. Totally engaging too! 😀

[Just Some Guy without a Mustache]

I admire the fact that this video was uploaded over two years ago and it still has a very active comments section

[Kole 🙃 Vataj]

Not anymore…

[Derp iox]

Three years ago*

[Kade Adams]

YOU ARE EASY TO FIND Your a legend.

[D]

3 years*

[AlvisPlayz1234]

For me it’s three years

[Diogène Tesla]

Thank to this guy, learning english as a french is way easier than learning german

[DG]

I went to Hastings on a field trip in 2015. It was in October, cold and windy AF. A sea rat attacked my friend for her granola bar because it was too windy to fly out to the ocean. Beautiful view though.

[kyuu]

history teachers teach this same thing but make it go over 3 weeks when they can just make the students watch this

[SheldonAdama17]

Aleçon: (insults William’s mother) “This enraged William, who punished them severely”

[Hopefully a hopeful hooligan.]

After william successfully invaded, there were many fights in areas of Devon, such as the Northam burrows, appledore etc.

[crazy cat lover]

The running away tactic is called a feigned retreat. It was very clever.

[MOO MOO]

@Your local nitty I did

[The Legacy]

@ltramon it's not a retreat! It's advancing in the opposite direction!

[XTR NEELAN]

Also called secret joestar technique

[Aceshot 1000]

The technique is especially effective with an ambush contingent

[Samson]

@Earthwarrior70 pls dont random stuff that does not make any sense

[Elilta Angosom]

Fun Fact: this battle didn't take place in Hastings, but it actually took place in a near town called Battle, but they didn't want to call it "battle of battle"

[DraBattle - Lịch sử Hoạt Hình]

Great video as always! I'd be really interested in countries history🤩🤩🤩🤩

[Saiko.非常識]

He makes history so fun!

[The Marvelous M]

1st off, I really do love this video, it's been one of my favorites for years. 2nd, How does it feel to beat the Warner brothers and the Warner sister to the punch on teaching us about the battle of Hastings?

[My Shepherd]

You are the best. You made incredible modern differences between Anglo and Wiliam. That is modern that brought light to England. OK, however, Anglo -Saxon also did a great job. Thank you so much.

[BigManSam]

"The sun is shining" Me, an Englishman: *Impossible*

[Obi-Wan Kenobi]

@BigManSam I’m from York and I can absolutely confirm this

[Duncan Walduck]

Cool ₓNorthern Lightsₓ at 4:56, though. Guaranteed.

[Joe the communist.]

@darkahrenn 1 nah in the northeast it’s raining a bunch and summer can be hot but also sometimes rains in summer

[Matthew Doherty]

@CottonCloud ASMR summer dosent exist in ireland the sun comes to visit once and a while i would know i live in ireland to

[Joshua Quinn]

Me as a Scottish man

[NO BS]

A ham/home was a community consisting of people who were blood-related. It was not redefined to be the same as a house until more modern times.

[Martin Colvill]

According to family records (my Granddad researched in archives) I have an ancestor that supposedly led William the Conquer's troops in the Battle of Hastings and supposedly has his name on the rolls off Battle Abby.

[Anthem Countryball]

It takes 1 month in school to learn this- but I learnt it within 12 minutes. I just can Imagine my teachers face when I said all about it!!

[Jane Bucs Fan]

Great video. My family is British. We are related to the Royal Family way back when. My family came over from France with William the Conquerer. When I did the ancestry testing, it said that I had some French blood in me. I wondered if it came from this branch in my familyd. Or I couldn't follow all of my ancestors back very far. The French could have come from one of them.

[Space]

@Xerly Hey French boys, long live the king

[heidi Rabenau]

🇬🇧🤝🇫🇷

[Xerly]

Let's go my British bro, I'm french 🥖🇫🇷♥️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Fx Go]

Very interesting as a Quebec francophone... Beef from boeuf, pork from porc, etc. Great video as usual!

[A.W. Sawtooth]

The king of Norway was defeated and died without conquering England. This angered Odin, who punished him severely.

[Robert Wilson]

Later he sent his son Thor to England - which is why he has an English accent in the films

[XIsle of ManX]

His kin the normans went on to avenge him

[A cat that looks like hitler]

Lime Green change your name to I spam the same shi*

[Trine]

Harald was an catholic and his brother was an saint

[Sammie' Stories]

I love your animations... So simple yet very informative ... It shows their attitude very well.... Muahhhhhhh keep up the great work

[Derek Mullings]

I've been watching OverSimplified all night. Great stuff.

[Axoleve]

I’ve been trying to learn about the William line, as I recently did some *ancestry research* and traced my entire direct paternal line back to William I, and Henry I

[Zane Gonzalez]

Learned about this in my history class today. Luckily I saw this video a while ago, and sounded very smart when I finished my teachers lesson

[IBTHAT1GUY]

I like how he calls it “mini wars” when it is arguably one of the most important events in English history and just history in general 😂

[Devlin Morin]

The villagers let out a cheer of support. This enraged their king, who punished them severely.

[Allwardevi Narayanan]

punishing severely?... there's a tax for that

[Yukonicus Gaming]

Slap slap slap

[scott montgomery]

Hitler part one huh

[WeAreNumber15]

Devlin Morin lol

[samuel lecroix]

Ever run into a door HARD... yeah ... ouch

[Gage Savage]

My ancestor was knighted at the battle of hastings by William the Conqueror and afterwards named his son William, and to this day it is still a family name shared by my Great-Grandfather, Grandfather, and Uncle

[GrahamWong]

Nothing is better than watching Oversimplified on a Saturday night

[Guy who can't grow a beard]

The last time England was captured/defeated by a naval invasion. Also, 8:13 LOVE that detail of the sound of the flag turning. Absolutely LOVE it.

[Opex 19]

i just love the story and the animation ive watched it many times

[Notjay]

This is very funny while also quite informative XD

[Sari Limanto]

"An Anglo Saxon might come into a room, but a Norman would enter into a chamber" Me an intellectual: enter a room

[I'm in your walls]

Le gasp

[XIsle of ManX]

Enter just seems too fake and posh. Come into though is better lol

[ben]

COMRADE

[salex]

Me in my head: *Soviet Anthem Plays*

[??? Mapper]

WRONG ERA GO TO WW2

[Astrobot Playz]

"The 'a' sounded more like an 'o' to normans." William: Hey Harold, I'm going to fight you! Harald: Uh no my name is Harald, Harald Hardrata.

[Fritz Pimper]

Chỉ cần Đức Phúc hát ballad thì dù buồn hay vui ĐP cũng truyền tải cảm xúc của bài hát rất tốt. Bài buồn thì nghe đúng kiểu tự sự, đau khổ, nghe là muốn khóc. Còn bài vui thì lại nhẹ nhàng, ấm áp, chân thành nghe là muốn yêu❤️

[Virender]

Bro your content and animation is too good, and way of presenting is above bar, if you can upload same videos in hindi, you can earn millions of subscriber in less then a year. You can count on my words